Green Bean Salad Recipe and a $100 Visa Card Giveaway

by Angie McGowan on November 10, 2011

Green Beans are a must on our Thanksgiving table. When I was a kid, we always had plain green beans or green beans with almonds. In the past 10 years, or so, I have always made some type of green bean casserole using fresh green beans.

But this year, I wanted to make something unexpected and healthier than a cream sauce based, cheesy casserole. So, I came up with this green bean salad. It has the traditional slivered almonds we all love, some bright red peppers for taste and color, and sweet onions. For the dressing, I added my secret ingredients for green bean casserole: steak sauce and Dijon mustard. These flavors make a delicious tangy dressing that your family will love.

I love how easy this salad is to put together.

On Thanksgiving, I always have to wait for my turkey to be done, so I can add at least four casseroles to my oven, usually one at a time, because they all cook at different temperatures. Then I have a few pots going on my cooktop.

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My favorite Thanksgiving dish was a pumpkin custard that my father’s mother brought every year. My mother always tried to get the recipe from her, but she would never give it up (she didn’t approve of my mother) – she always blew her off with verbal directions, oh it’s just a cup of this and a splash of that, but Mother could never reproduce it. She took it with her when she died, and Thanksgiving dessert was never the same. What a silly thing to do, to keep it to herself like that – some people are just SO CRAZY, you know?

My favorite Thanksgiving dish is my Grandma’s Candied Yams. They are so good. She uses sweet potatoes and makes a simple caramel/buttery sauce to pour over them. It’s one dish that will always remind me of her.

My favorite Thanksgiving side dish is stuffing. I absolutely love stuffing smothered in cranberry sauce and homemade gravy. As far as I’m concerned the turkey serves no other purpose but as a vessel for the making of stuffing and gravy.

I love the idea of a less heavy dish at Thanksgiving. However, I’m a carb freak and look forward to homemade, crispy, filling stuffing every year. It was my mom’s specialty and this is our first year without her, and I want to make her proud by making her stuffing.

My Thanksgiving favorite is sauerkraut (that’s a thing among some immigrant communities!). It’s quite different from the canned stuff you find at the store, and is eaten as a side dish rather than a condiment. Delicious!

My family does a very non-traditional Thanksgiving since I was about 8 we have not had a turkey. Instead the main focal point of our Thanksgiving table has been my Grandmothers spicy sausage lasagna. It is an ultimate favorite of not only me but anyone has encountered one of my families eventful Thanksgivings (as long as my dad and uncles leave scraps for the rest of us haha). This lasagna has become so popular in my family that besides making one or two for Thanksgiving dinner; my grandmother started making an additional 3 lasagnas, one for each of her 3 sons so they could relive the greatness that is her lasagna the next day as well. I have learned all the tricks to creating this masterpiece and will be debuting my first ever Thanksgivig lasagna this year!!

Thanks for the giveaway! And I LOVE green beans, but am not a big fan of how soggy they get in those from-the-can green bean casseroles, so this one looks awesome. Mmmm…

My favorite Thanksgiving side dish has to be mashed potatoes. Typical, I know, but what’s seriously better than potatoes, garlic salt, butter, milk, and sour cream all mashed together? Very few things, my friend.

My favorite Thanksgiving recipe is my special recipe for Green Bean Casserole. Who says the soup that goes in the recipe has to be Cream of Mushroom? So I began tinkering with different soup bases and came up with a new family tradition.

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My favorite Thanksgiving dish would be my Mother in Law’s stuffing covered in her gravy. She always makes an extra large side of her stuffing so we can all bring some home for leftovers.

I love Thanksgiving and all the veggies, especially sweet potatoes, no marshmallow…icky. However, my absolute favorite thing is stuffing. Bread soaked with butter and turkey drippings. I know it isn’t healthy, but it is my favorite with gravy.

thanksgiving is actually one of my least favorite times of year, just because there’s so much food and so little of it is food i really like! if i had to pick something that was my favorite, i’d have to go with my mom’s cranberry relish – something along the lines of a really chunky cranberry sauce

Homemade Cranberry Orange Chipotle Sauce – sweet, tart, and with a lovely hint of smoky spiciness – made with 100% organic ingredients. I stumbled upon a recipe for homemade cranberry sauce, made it and decided it was missing something, so I added a hint of citrus to it, and then when I tasted it, it was just calling out for the spice. So I toyed with chipotle chilis and ended up with a sauce for keeps! Got to love it when kitchen experimentation before a big holiday meal leaves you with a recipe you’ll want to replicate each year!

I’m always looking for new things to do with green beans – one of my favorite vegetables. My personal favorite dish would be my mother’s dressing which I don’t get anyone more since my kids don’t eat it. They want mashed potatoes! Our favorite dessert is my husband’s family recipe for chocolate ice box cake.

My favorite Thanksgiving dish was my grandma’s jello mold, with shredded cabbage, celery and carrots in it, served with a whipped mayonnaise dressing. I am not sure what flavor jello it was, but it was so refreshing next to all the other heavy foods.

You and your yummy recipes…and your great giveaways! I just posted some soft knotted rolls that would go perfectly with this! Rolls are certainly my favorite holiday dish. Thank you for sharing with me. I wish we could all have a feast together! Much love and many blessings.

My ultimate Thanksgiving favorite is my Mom’s wet dressing and giblet gravy. It has gone to me to make each year since she has passed and I make sure that I don’t do short cuts and make all the ingredients from scratch. There is nothing better than that!!

For as long as I can remember my grandma and mom make sweet potatoes then add a brown sugar crisp to the top of it! I am Vegan so every year that is “turkey” for me, I can’t wait! Since I don’t live at home anymore I don’t have the opportunity to request it any other time of year. 8 more days!!! 🙂

I wonder why so few people have even tried mincemeat pie. Perhaps it’s because the name makes one think of a pie made out of meat that has been cut very small.
My mother and grandmother both taught me to use the old fashioned box of mincemeat, and to follow the directions on the box, but add a cup of green apple, peeled and chopped very small, with a cup of raisins, cover with water in saucepan; cook to soften both fruits, drain well, and include with the box of mincemeat as directed. Be sure to use homemade crusts, top and bottom; my favorite is a french pie dough from my old Joy of Cooking

My favorite Thanksgiving dish is something we call refrigerator mashed potatoes. It’s a casserole of mashed potatoes, cream cheese, butter, and other stuff that you then can stash in the fridge for a couple days or bake right away. Delicious!

My favorite Thanksgiving dish is my Granny’s Mac-n-Cheese; always made from scratch with old-fashioned hoop cheddar cheese. Even though my Granny has passed away, I always make her Mac-n-Cheese at Thanksgiving in her honor. Love you Granny!

My favorite Thanksgiving dish is a spicy cranberry sauce. It just makes every dish coherent and its acidity raises my appetite! I can’t imagine a traditional Thanksgiving meal without a cranberry component.

My favorite Thanksgiving recipe is my homemade sage and veggie sausage dressing. I have the recipe in my head and nowhere else. It is based on the stuffing recipe my mom used to make when I was a kid and not a vegetarian. LOL I veggified it and its so good.

My favorite Thanksgiving dish is my mom’s stuffing. I’ve watched her make it many times and she’s written down the recipe for me but I just can’t duplicate it. BTW your green bean salad looks really good – we’ve been looking for an alternative to the usual green bean casserole (soup, fried onions, etc.)

My name is Angie and I’m so glad you’ve stopped by my little corner of the web. Eclectic Recipes is my personal food blog where I share the recipes from my kitchen. I absolutely love spending time in the kitchen cooking, baking and developing recipes for family and friends. (read more)